Building toy



J y 2 1930. D. F. u 1,771,783

BUIL DING TOY Filed March 18', 1929 1 2 sums-sheet July 29, 1930. I D. F. GREENE 1,771,783 V W, BUILDINGTOY Filed uarcn 1a, 1929 2 Shuts-She'd 2 Jami/ff Greene,

Petemed ilul 29, 1930 "Ylhepresent inyen-t l 51m,- men ts in toys and has, eferen'cemoi'e patticii n arl vt el y com r si g m t i y f n1e here or pai ts in thefforni of logs that. are n s onst rufct ejd' astdp 7 buildingof dirninutive 'log cabins, brid es;kennels, chairs henches pens and'the like. j ,Qlle f heim r an n e s 9ft intention is to pro vide a buildiirg' toy e the aboutsmentioned characterwhich Wili prove educational tocliev efl opf a childs conttri ctive inclin "tion; the toy being further unique and fascinating A stillfurther'ohject.resides th Emma} that doesnot r qui e any unus a1 skillin asseinhling the parts togetherto fori'n building ofthehouse or oro'l'heripiege of furniture. a :7 'urt'hen o jeet'istoprovfide 7 building fto y of the ahoveqnentiohedjcharacter Wherein the partsmiay he put 'up-in neatdisplay box for saieinstores' and'thelike, andwhich boxflprovicles a 'receptacle for holding the :parts when the'sarneare not in use l l Anotherimportant objeotl is to "provide building toy of the above-mentioned character Whiohis simple in construction, ingey pensive; strong and durable and fu'rthe'r Well adapted for the purposes for Which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages of the inven- 'tion will become apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. 7

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the same;

- Figure 1 isa perspective View of a log cabin embodying the features of the present invention.

Figure Qis a top plan View of thecabim without the roof structure. V

i f PDAVID F. on Booming noRTH emain V I 1 BUILDINGJTOY it 4 Application fileil my log Cabin sion of huildingtoyofthe above-mentioned numeral" BQ theiSideWaIFS he nulnei' all i we e e*fr etj elleG i al 1 7 while a w ndow 7"is. o'rnied s e rial at 4s,o 13.

fjFigure 3isja K 'm e yion he 5 "3+3P 1ar igure 4 is a detail persp tive of thef buil dingparts. Y' i 'l 'fi 3 9f said p r s:

structure. I p Figur'eB is a of thecyl'indric Tg re 9 w lm I semi-cylindrical legs V ,In the drawings wherein" for the u ofillusjti'ation sshoiir the preie'rretl er'nbodimentof inyii'ui tion, the Herrera- 11'1" cle sigi r natesgener'ally lo cabin-f 'jthat, 'eenstructed e egg} an To my ini ention 'lh H isjdenoted the when 4 2,

band aroofjhy' the'nu' era 5. The'r atent their: respe groove 14 While (:YlilldffiCtfl lo semi'enimlai b lags 12'isfornie'g1 I r I an em mi 'roevene eas way 6 and then thecylindrical' logs18 are substantially equal to one-half the length of the cylindrical logs are also employed and the ends, of the logs 18 arealso formedv with annular grooves similar to the annular grooves 14, the grooves formed in the end portions of the cylindrical logs 18 ,being shown at 19. L

in constructing a miniature log cabin, certain of the semi-cylindrical logs are placed on the ground or floor or other supporting surface so asjtoform the bottom of the side wallsap A cylindrical .l'og "8 ;isQclisposed across therear'end portion of the semi-cylindrical logs 9 with the ,jgroovesl l having interfitting engagement with the grooves 15. A pair of se I ni-cylindrical logs, 13 are arranged at the front side of the cabin in spaced relation to form the base'of; the. door,-

positioned' across the forward ends ofthe semi-cylindrical -logs 9an d the semi-cylindrical logs 13 "so that the annular grooves 19 formed inthe ends of the v logs 18 will have int'erfitting' engagement withjthe grooves 14 formed in the logs" 9 and the grooves 17 formed'in the semi cyliii'drical logs 13 as clearly shown in Figure 1. s

Extending across, the [grooved inner opposed ends of the cylindrical logs 18 are the relatively shorpcylindricalilogs ,12, the

- grooves lfiof the logs l'2having interfitting enga ement withthegrooves 19 of the, logs 18. n a v similar-manner, the sidewall forming logs cooperate with the outer ends of the front wall and rear wall logs. Additional logs 18 are employed inconjunction with theside walls to, forintlie window, 7 and, cy'line drical and. semi-cylindrical logs 12 and 13 arealso employed in. connection with the windowfo'rming. portion ofthe side wall. U Acylindrical log 8 extends across the top of thefront. wall 2 as well as across the top of the rear wall 3 while semi-cylindrical logs extend across the top, of the side walls 4 to support the transversely 1 disposed planks 20 and a rrangedon these planks'arethe gable pieces 21. Additional planks. .22 are .disposed in edge to edge relation across the forward and'rear edges of the gable elements 21 whereby b ;prov de a l gable l roof structure for thelogcabinJ when the pan sars afraiigse ass. i Figure 1, thelogc'abin will be self-Sustaining aiidthefinterfitting arts of the'logs will prevent accidental colapsing of'tlie structure; to

While I have ,s howii' the a building logs as being .utilized in; the construction of ,a log cabin, itis to. vbe understood. that the logs may :be e uali fas well used. in the. building preferably consists of fifty-six pieces that are put up in a box and packed compactly so as not to occupy much space and a child or grown person will find this building toy instructive and fascinating. By constructing the interfitting portions of the logs in the manner as shown and described, it is not necessary to place the logs in any particular manner in assembling the parts for the formation of a particular building structure so that any child can use the building toy without-following any complicated instructions orrequiring the use parts. v

A building toy of this character may be manufactured and sold at a very. low cost and due to its simplicity, the parts can be readilyand easily assembled or disassembled.

While I have shown'the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention'or the scope of the appended claims.

'What I claim is: I

1. toy building comprising a plurality of imitation logs formed with annular grooves adjacent their ends adapted to be assembled in superposedrelation with each other to form a predetermined structure, in-

of tools to assemble the tersecting logs between the adjacent ones of thesuperposed logs, said superposed logs having interfitting' engagement with the in 'tersecting logs as and for the purpose described. H

2. In a toy building,"a plurality of cylindrical imitation logs of different sizes, each being formed with an annular groove adjacent'their ends, and semi-cylindrical logs of different sizes having semi-annular grooves formed therein for interfitting engagement ofchairs, benches; fences, kennels, bridges, I

forts-and other structures. This building toy 

